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Look up: Tan

  1. TAN
    See Tax Anticipation Note.
    Found on http://www.oasismanagement.com/glossary/

  2. tan
    [adj] - of a light yellowish-brown color 2. [n] - a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun 3. [n] - a light brown 4. [v] - treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather 5. [v] - get a tan, from wind or sun
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. tan
    wooden platform about 3 ft high around zendo where trainees sit, eat and sleep
    Found on http://www.horne28.freeserve.co.uk/zengl

  4. TAN
    The American Nurse [periodical, périodique]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20895

  5. TAN
    Tremor Action Network
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20895

  6. Tan
    Tan noun [ Chin.] See Picul .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/8

  7. Tan
    Tan noun [ French tan , perhaps from Armor. tann an oak, oak bar; or of Teutonic origin; confer German tanne a fir, Old High German tanna a fir, oak, Middle High German tan a forest. Confer Tawny .] 1. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/8

  8. Tan
    Tan adjective Of the color of tan; yellowish- brown. Black and tan . See under Black , adjective
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/8

  9. Tan
    Tan transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tanned ; present participle & verbal noun Tanning .] [ French tanner , Late Latin tannare . See Tan ,
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/8

  10. Tan
    Tan intransitive verb To get or become tanned.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/8

  11. Tan
    Tan transitive verb To thrash or beat; to flog; to switch. [ Colloq.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/8

  12. tan
    1. To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid (which exists in several species of bark), and is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree impervious to water...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  13. tan
    adjective of a light yellowish-brown color
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. tan
    topaz noun a light brown the color of topaz
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  15. tan
    suntan noun a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  16. tan
    (tan) a light brown color. In persons with light-colored skin, this color is acquired by sun or ultraviolet exposure. The change results from darkening of preformed melanin (the Meirowsky phenomenon), accelerated formation of new melanin, and retention of melanin in the epidermis as a result of retardation of keratinization.&...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  17. Tan
    • (v. t.) To thrash or beat; to flog; to switch. • (n.) A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan. • (n.) See Picul. • (n.) To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or som...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  18. Tan
    Tan is a Vietnamese boy name. The meaning of the name is `New ` The name Tan doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Tan seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Tan

  19. TaN
    Tantalum(III) Nitride Molar mass: 194.9546
    Found on http://www.convertunits.com/molarmass/Ta

  20. TAN
    Tax Anticipation Note.
    Found on http://www.emuni.com/glossary.html

  21. TAN
    (Total) acid number
    Found on http://www.noria.com/dictionary/default.

  22. tan
    a traditional Chinese weight unit, now spelled dan in English transliteration. During the European colonial era the tan was equal to 100 cattys or 1600 taels. This is equivalent to 133.333 pounds, making the tan comparable to the European quintal as a commercial weight unit. In modern China the tan,...
    Found on http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictT.

  23. tan
    a traditional unit of land area in Japan equal to 10 se or about 991.7 square meters (0.099 hectare or 0.245 acre).
    Found on http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictT.

  24. Tan
    The opposite of 'grossness'; remaining detached from all outside things, the climax of fineness. It is to have in oneself no contraries; the climax of purity, in the sense of 'un-mixedness'. (Chuang Tzu, between 399 and 295 B.C.). -- H.H.
    Found on http://www.ditext.com/runes/t.html

  25. Tan
    Tan is slang for to beat or flog.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow



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